Workplace dilemmas: what would you do?
Work is where good intentions meet deadlines, hierarchies and people you did not choose. Your manager asks, in front of everyone, whether the plan is realistic. A colleague you dislike takes the blame for something they did not do. Someone praises you for a fix you did not make. These are the moments that decide what kind of colleague you are, and they usually arrive with about five seconds to think. Each dilemma below has two reasonable answers. Choose yours, then see how other people split on the same call.
In front of the whole team, your manager asks if the deadline is realistic. It is not.
A coworker you dislike is being blamed for something you know was not their fault.
Your manager praises you in a meeting for a fix that a colleague actually made.
A recruiter messages you about your dream job. Your closest work friend is perfect for it too, and job hunting.
A company calls you for a reference on a former colleague you like — whose work was honestly mediocre.
Your best report keeps missing deadlines. You know their personal life is coming apart.
A teammate asks you straight: are the layoff rumors true? You overheard something, unconfirmed.
A colleague is presenting to the CEO with a wrong number on the final slide.
You made a mistake that cost a colleague an hour. They have not noticed.
Your boss's plan will waste a month. Everyone else is nodding.
A coworker told you in confidence they are job hunting. Your boss asks if you have heard anything.
In the meeting where your idea was supposed to win, a junior colleague presents something better.
See how your work instincts fit with the rest of you: the free 13-dilemma test shows which trait leads your choices.
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